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Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked!
Lockdown viewers are hot for his cocktail-making skills, and cineastes await Supernova, a buzzy romance in which he stars opposite Colin Firth. Until then, here are Tucci’s top turns
Peter Bradshaw
30, Apr, 2020 @11:30 AM
From Nico to Tonya Harding, women’s true stories are being told on film at last
‘I wasn’t happy when I was beautiful’: the movie Nico, 1988 shows singer’s resilience in later life, signalling a change in how biopics treat their subjects
Wendy Ide
05, Aug, 2018 @8:30 AM
Oscars so Right: how the Academy Awards became relevant again
After Moonlight swept the 2017 Oscars, could this year’s awards be the most socially conscious and boundary pushing yet?
Words by: Ellen E Jones, Typography by: Steven Wilson and Design by: Frank Hulley-Jones
03, Mar, 2018 @7:00 AM
Tom McCarthy: the Hollywood hitmaker you've probably never heard of
He wrote Pixar’s Up and the Oscar smash Spotlight – and now he’s set his sights on teen show 13 Reasons Why. Meet the most diverse man in showbusiness (not to mention The Wire’s arch villain)
Ryan Gilbey
30, Mar, 2017 @12:46 PM
Golden Globes 2017: La La Land leads pack with seven nominations
Damien Chazelle’s movie musical gets another pre-Oscars boost, as Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight chases its tail. Plus: good news for Deadpool and Florence Foster Jenkins – and snubs for Silence and Sully
Catherine Shoard
13, Dec, 2016 @9:41 AM
The best films of 2016 so far
As we approach the final months of 2016, it’s time to look back at the films our critics have so far rated the finest
Andrew Pulver and Alan Evans
28, Nov, 2016 @3:31 PM
Selma is 100% historically accurate but Imitation Game just 41.4%, says study
A scene-by-scene analysis of recent Oscar contenders by data site Information is Beautiful gives full marks for historical accuracy to Martin Luther King biopic
Catherine Shoard
28, Nov, 2016 @1:09 PM
Holy Hell and the truth about cults: 'They’re not going to give it up easily'
A new film follows the Buddhafield group of the 80s and director Will Allen – who was in the group – talks about how easy it is to get caught up in cults
Noah Berlatsky
27, May, 2016 @2:17 PM
Gary Oldman is wrong to say Spotlight didn't deserve an Oscar
The actor recently admitted to being befuddled by Spotlight’s triumph at the Oscars – but his critique is old-fashioned with a whiff of sour grapes
Nigel M Smith
12, Apr, 2016 @8:27 PM
Spotlight producers admit dialogue of Boston school worker was 'fictionalised'
Distributor of Oscar-winning film releases statement acknowledging Boston College spokesman Jack Dunn ‘was not part of the Archdiocesan cover-up’
Ben Child
16, Mar, 2016 @2:59 PM
London Has Fallen stands up at UK box office as Hail, Caesar! posts golden hello
The Gerard Butler action flick muscles its way through a critical assault, while the Coens’ indie comedy shows a healthy improvement on Inside Llewyn Davis
Charles Gant
08, Mar, 2016 @3:43 PM
Alejandro González Iñárritu: I did applaud Jenny Beavan at the Oscars
The Revenant director has posted a gif showing he did clap the costume designer’s ascent to the stage at last Sunday’s ceremony, calling earlier suggestions that he hadn’t out of malice ‘mean-spirited and false’
Catherine Shoard
03, Mar, 2016 @9:50 AM
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